[LAU] 32 vs 64 bit distro?

[Charles Z Henry]

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 1:02 PM, david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:

> On 02/04/2013 11:29 PM, James Stone wrote:
>
>> Is there any advantage in using a 64 bit distro for audio? Do the
>> advantages outweigh the difficulties?
>>
>> I'm expecting a new computer to be delivered today and am trying to
>> decide what to install...
>>
>
> What difficulties? I run both 32- and 64-bit Linuxes, and have no
> difficulties with either one.
>
> I can't imagine why anyone would run a 32-bit Linux on a modern processor.
> Virtually every processor made today is 64-bit. Even the little old
> dual-core ARM processor in my wife's netbook is 64-bit!
>
> 64-bit gives programs access to more on-chip registers, and removes the
> need for the silly physical address extension (PAE) stuff.


It surprises me that none of you seem to remember ~2007.  The question of
whether to use 32-bit linux on a 64-bit processor is just a bit of
superstition left over from the days when 64-bit linux had limited
compatibility.

The solution to most desktop users back then was: just run a 32-bit PAE
version of linux.  Yeah, really that was just about 6 years ago :)
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